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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transportation or storage of a firearm or |
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ammunition by a handgun license holder in a private school parking |
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area. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district, [or] open-enrollment charter school, |
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or private school, including a parochial school, may not prohibit a |
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person, including a school employee, who holds a license to carry a |
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handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, from |
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transporting or storing a handgun or other firearm or ammunition in |
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a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle in a parking lot, |
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parking garage, or other parking area provided by the district, |
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[or] charter school, or private school, provided that the handgun, |
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firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |